Cavill - who stars alongside Amy Adams, Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner in the superhero reboot - added that he did not look at past actors' portrayals of Superman, but instead made notes on the comic books.

"[The notes] just kind of became a secondary character lurking there and I just drew from that," he said.

"There's not really a word for it or any way to describe playing Superman. It's just a feeling and you've got to just channel that into the character."